Online Food Stamp Fraud Is On The Rise

The Food Stamp program, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) comes with many rules and regulations for recipients.

One of those rules and regulations is that you cannot trade your food stamp benefits (SNAP benefits).

Even though the practice is strictly prohibited, it has been going on for years.

Back in the day, people used to trade their paper food stamps for cash.

With the invention of EBT Cards, came the invention of allowing non recipeints to utilize the card in exchange for cash.

It would seem that people cannot be stopped from selling their food stamps.

The problem has come to the attention of the Illinois Department of Human services.

Apparrently, recipients have been using social media to hawk the use of Illionios LINK Cards (the state's EBT Card).

There are people who Tweet their intent to sell their food stamps, and others who place their intent on their Facebook page.

Currently, the Illinois Department of Human Services is working with federal agencies to find out if soliciting such an intent online is a prosecutorial offense.

True enough, rules and regulations cannot stop people from breaking the law, and these people will probably be charged with a food stamp fraud.

Stay safe and use your food stamp benefits for yourself and your family, and do not place yourself in the position of having to spend time in jail for such a ridiculous offense.

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Federal Crackdown on Online Food Stamp Fraud